Sikhs allowed to carry knives on planes.
2006-09-05 04:55:57 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
should they be treated any better than the whole populus?
2006-09-05 05:02:36 · update #1
No-one should be allowed to carry a knife on an aeroplane. It's got to be the same rule for everyone irrespective of their race or religious beliefs.
Sikh Police Officers are not allowed to carry knives so Sikh passengers certainly shouldn't
2006-09-05 04:57:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't be worried.
I understand that Sikhism allows its followers to carry harmless ceremonial knives for situations where real knives aren't allowed.
Besides which, it's not Sikhs that I would be very worried about - there aren't any Sikh terrorist organizations that I know of that target the United States. I'd be more worried about Muslims pretending to be Sikhs.
And even if terrorists do bring knives on board, quite likely on September 11th they were only able to get control of the plane because the passengers assumed this would be like other hijackings - they'd land the plane somewhere, hold everybody hostage, and make demands. Nowadays passengers will assume that if terrorists succeed in getting control of a plane, they might as well consider themselves dead.
2006-09-05 12:11:59 · answer #2 · answered by Mad Scientist Matt 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You obviously know nothing of the people or the culture.
I'd far rather have an armed Sikh on the plane than some of the wankers we have working security on the ground!
2006-09-05 13:50:02 · answer #3 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What's your reference for that? It is my understaning that no knives are allowed on airplanes. Religion is no excuse. Maybe I'll invent a religion that requires women to show me their breasts at my command and then sue them for violating my religious freedoms when they don't comply. Wouldn't that be fun if I got a woman judge? See how ridiculous these "religious requirements" are?
I don't know much about Sikhs but I wouldn't put it past a terrorist to play one in order to get a weapon onboard an aircraft.
2006-09-05 12:27:10 · answer #4 · answered by lumos 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yea, its your religion, and according to my friend who is sikh, and carries his knife with him at all times, on an air plane he carries a smaller dull blade knife...... its fine, he does it all the time, we actually had this conversation in our homeland security couse in school
2006-09-05 11:58:48 · answer #5 · answered by smalltd28 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no, think of what you're saying because your family may not like the slu of men in black surrounding your home. you're not funny and you probably were not even born during the year of the dragon, not with that question...
2006-09-05 12:00:52 · answer #6 · answered by lee f 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sikhs are nothing to fear.
2006-09-05 11:57:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Thats fine,,,,,,,,unless some day some bad happens...
2006-09-09 11:40:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
why does anyone need a knife on an airplane?
2006-09-05 12:01:10 · answer #9 · answered by practicalwizard 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no do not take the risk
2006-09-05 21:55:29 · answer #10 · answered by jerry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋